Global Activists Gear Up For Pussy Riot Rallies

Pussy Riot

MOSCOW (AP) -- The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison....

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